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• Workplace Relations Amendment (Compliance with Court and Tribunal Orders) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: require officers and employees of registered organisations to comply with orders and directions of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and the Federal Court; and provide sanctions for failure to comply. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the objects of the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to ensure that the primary focus of the award safety net is to address the needs of the low paid. Also requires the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to recognise this primary focus when performing its functions and exercising its powers in relation to awards. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the certified agreement and freedom of association provisions of the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: nullify clauses in certified agreements that purport to require payment of bargaining services fees; and prohibit conduct designed to compel persons to pay such fees. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Award Simplification) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to limit and clarify the allowable award matters and make related changes to the award making powers of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Secret Ballots for Protected Action) Bill 2002 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to require that, in order to be protected industrial action under the Act, such action must be preceded by a secret ballot process overseen by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; and, consequential on commencement of the proposed

  Workplace Relations Amendment (Genuine Bargaining) Act 2002

  , allows protected industrial action to be taken without a secret ballot, after a cooling-off period; and provides for the recommencement of protected action after the end of a suspension of a bargaining period. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: extend the operation of the federal unfair dismissal system to all employees of constitutional corporations; prevent employees from accessing remedies under comparable State unfair dismissal schemes; and make amendments to the operation of the unfair dismissal system. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Dismissal) Bill 2002 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to exempt small businesses from the unfair dismissal provisions (except in relation to apprentices and trainees); and require the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to order that an unfair dismissal application is invalid if it relates to a small business employer. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Remedies for Unprotected Action) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to ensure that applications for orders to prevent unprotected industrial action are dealt with quickly and that, in dealing with applications, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission takes into account the undesirability of unprotected action. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Simplifying Agreement-making) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: simplify agreement-making at the workplace level; reduce the delays, formality and cost involved in having an agreement certified; prevent interference by third parties in agreement-making; and provide for the extended operation of certified agreements of up to five years. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  ,

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

  and

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Levy Collection Act 1992

  to: effect the transfer of operational responsibility for the Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relation to Comcare; and make minor and technical amendments, including removing the requirement for ministerial approval of contracts over $500 000 and delegation of rehabilitation powers and functions by the Chief of the Defence Force; and

  National Labour Consultative Council Act 1977

  to: rename the Council as the National Workplace Relations Consultative Council; update the purpose and membership provisions and travelling allowance provisions; and includes a regulation-making power. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  , minor and technical amendments to 7 other Acts and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum